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Red Moon

We stare at the moon
       blood red in atmospheric dust
       rose bits disruptive
Brought into view by a
       gravitational force 
       that shimmers round our edges

Craters, seas of lava,
       potmarks on the man in the moon
Celestial body imperfect
       unlike your flawless form
       gravity weak
       unbalanced
       leaning against me
       Milky Way connective

As we search the night sky
       in our
       own closed orbit
       that heals a world of insular pieces
       love's rumination 
       reflected
       in how
       we turn



Poem revised September 27th, 2022.
Originally written Spring 2020

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 4/9/2020 10:50:00 AM

Hello Brian Sambourne, so nice to meet you. I have never seen a red moon. Have you? Stay safe. Enjoy your day my friend.

Brian Sambourne
Date: 5/1/2020 10:23:00 PM

Hello Darlene Thank you for writing. Yes in a summer's past, the full moon seemed more pinkish than red. Atmospheric dust apparently. But I went for a red moon rather than a pink one. Poetic license. Be well. Sincerely Brian